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- adverb
Backwards ; on one'sarse .
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Alteration (after headlong) of arseling, from Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling ("backwards, on the back"), equivalent to arse + -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings.
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